What's new with EGALE?
Over the past year, EGALE has gone through an extensive process
of consultation and renewal.
We sought community input to help update our mission statement
and our by-laws, and in January 1993, we elected a new Board of
Directors.
EGALE has joined the Coalition for Lesbian and Gay Rights in
Ontario (CLGRO) and the International Lesbian and Gay Association
(ILGA). And we have continued our networking with other equality-
seeking groups.
Other developments:
* November 1992: EGALE made a financial contribution to Pierre
Beaulne and Todd Layland, two gay activists who launched a court
challenge after their application for a marriage license was
refused.
* December 1992: When then justice minister Kim Campbell introduced
amendments to the Canadian Human Rights Act that would restrict the
rights of same-sex couples, EGALE immediately wrote to Campbell and
issued a press release opposing the legislation.
* February 1993: Following the Supreme Court's ruling in the Mossop
case, EGALE and the other equality-seeking groups that intervened
in the case held a press conference in Ottawa.
* May 1993: EGALE testified before a Senate committee in support of
a private senator's bill (S-15) which would ensure sexual
orientation protection without discriminating against same-sex
couples.
* June 1993: EGALE President Denis LeBlanc gave a speech at a
conference of the Canadian Association of Statutory Human Rights
Agencies in Ottawa.
* June 1993: EGALE was accredited to the United Nations World
Conference on Human Rights in Vienna. EGALE's Human Rights
Committee Chair John Fisher gave a speech at the conference's
plenary session.
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